Record App Store Spend During Holidays Thanks To Pandemic

2020 saw a record App Store spend as coronavirus lockdowns saw people forced to seek more at-home entertainment, according to analytics data. With less time spent with family, and fewer entertainment options outside the home, more time has been spent using apps. The holidays alone have seen consumers so far spend an estimated $407M on iOS and Android apps, some 34% up on the same period in 2019 … Analytics firm Sensor Tower crunched the numbers....

January 11, 2022 · 2 min · 397 words · Louise Smith

Red Teaming Credential Dumping Techniques

LLMNR/NBT-NS Poisoning and Relay Experts take advantage of LLMNR and NBT-NS protocols in an internal network to poison and relay authentication requests on the network and get the users’ hashes or simply a valid connection with a single machine within the context of the users’ session. A set of tools can be used to reproduce this technique, such as NBNSpoof, Metasploit and Responder. By using the Responder tool, we can get a valid hash for the user: Charlie\John as demonstrated below....

January 11, 2022 · 3 min · 606 words · Kristine Devilbiss

Redmi 9 Power Review A Prime Step That S Note Worthy

Looks: some might go yikes but we…likes! The design of the Redmi 9 Power is going to be polarising. Some will see shades of Realme in the shiny plastic back with ray-like light effects seemingly emanating from the camera unit, and also the large Redmi Branding that is vertically arranged and in line with the cameras. We, however, just like the way it looks. Is it too blingy? Well, perhaps, but it is going to turn heads, which is kind of a rarity in a phone at this price point – it is available in Mighty Black, Blazing Blue, Fiery Red, and Electric Green....

January 11, 2022 · 8 min · 1536 words · Charlie Guiterrez

Reliance Jio Claims Foul Over Airtel S Fastest 4G Network Claims

The defect in Ookla’s Android app has been displaying incorrect results whenever you run a speedtest on a Dual SIM handset. It only takes into account the network on which the calls have been assigned irrespective of the data settings. Hence, for instance, if you’ve configured Airtel for calls and Reliance Jio for data, it will show the network speeds of Airtel no matter on which SIM slot it has been inserted....

January 11, 2022 · 3 min · 523 words · Roy Terry

Reliance Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Plans Faq Eligible Recharge Amount Prime Benefits

Reliance Jio today unveiled its new ‘Dhan Dhana Dhan’ plans after TRAI forced the operator to remove its ‘Summer Surprise’ tariff plans. The new plans from Jio have led to a lot of confusion among existing Jio users, especially among Jio Prime offers. With the sheer number of plans, recharges, and terms and conditions applicable on Jio’s offering that one needs to follow to get the full benefits, it can get quite confusing to decipher Jio’s tariff plans....

January 11, 2022 · 4 min · 760 words · James Landry

Reliance Jio Introduces New Zero Touch Postpaid Plan For Rs 199

The new postpaid plan offers unlimited voice calling, 25GB of monthly data, and the rate for international calling is priced at Rs. 50 paise per minute for the United States and Canada. For the rest of the countries, refer to the chart embedded below. Jio says there are also no overage charges and the subscriber can even enable automatic monthly payments by linking a payment platform. Reliance Jio also made the process for enabling international roaming quite effortless as compared to other telecom operators....

January 11, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Anthony Roach

Remap Keyboard Buttons In Windows 7 And 8 With Keytweak

Photo Credit: Kitchen Dreams Developed by Travis Krumsick the freeware program KeyTweak provides a graphical user interface for remapping every key on most keyboards. Behind the scenes, all the program does is edit the Windows registry as we did in our Disabling the Caps Lock Key tutorial. What took us several steps and 5 minutes to accomplish, KeyTweak can do in only two mouse clicks. KeyTweak isn’t just for disabling keys though....

January 11, 2022 · 2 min · 237 words · Steven Mcdaniel

Report Apple Planning Apple Pay Launch In Canada For November

Apple is reportedly planning to launch Apple Pay in Canada, its first expansion of the payments service outside the U.S., this fall, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The company is reportedly in talks with banks for a launch as soon as November: The company is in negotiations with Canada’s six biggest banks about a potential November launch of the service which would enable mobile payments for both credit and debit cards using iPhones and the forthcoming Apple Watch, those people said....

January 11, 2022 · 2 min · 318 words · Gordon Davis

Report Ios And Android Make Tech History With Worldwide Fast Growing Adoption

Mobile analytics firm Flurry published a new report today asserting iOS and Android handsets have experienced adoption at such a supersonic speed that their growth rate has now eclipsed all consumer technology in history. According to Flurry: Smartphones making headway as they spread worldwide is nothing new, but their history-making adoption rate is certainly notable. The report illustrated countries with the greatest number of device activations as well as the fasting growing markets....

January 11, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Mike Baker

Ranked Whedonverse Shows

Joss Whedon is a modern-day Renaissance man. In the span of a single year, he gave us the original Avengers movie, and a Shakespeare film. Talk about versatility. However, Whedon is best known, and beloved, for his unmatchable contribution to television. Whedonverse shows are known for their outcast themes, fiercely strong female characters, and exceptional dialogue. A single Joss Whedon episode might very well have the power to make us clutch our stomachs in laughter, and simultaneously need to dry our tears with an entire box of Kleenex....

January 10, 2022 · 5 min · 977 words · Timothy Ser

Ranking Tim Burton S 10 Favorite Movies

Tim Burton is one of the industry’s most creative directors. Heck, creative is a huge understatement. One look at that mop of wiry hair is probably enough to convince you that he’s a Grade A Doc Brown of an eccentric. If you’re familiar with his work, you’ll know that’s absolutely the case. From his uncanny artwork (featuring characters like Oyster Boy and The Pin Cushion Queen) to movies like Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride, there’s a distinctive style that runs through absolutely everything Burton does....

January 10, 2022 · 7 min · 1330 words · Patricia Plyler

Razer Phone Stock Firmware Collections Back To Stock Rom

Razer Phone was launched in February 2018. Here we will list all the Stock Firmware Collection for Razer Phone smartphone. You can flash the Stock Firmware on Razer Phone using the below guide on How to Install Razer Phone Stock firmware. In this list, we will update all the region Razer Phone Stock Firmware collection for All models. Stock ROM on Razer Phone came out of the box with Android 7....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 364 words · Steven Velazquez

Reader Poll Which Antivirus Utility Do You Use

Photo Credit: Austin Krause There are effective commercial programs like ESET’s NOD32, McAfee and Norton Antivirus. However, some of the commercial programs can bog down system resources. Especially if you get a full feature commercial program that includes a Firewall, Spyware and Internet browsing protection. Some of them can be more annoying than actually getting a virus. On the other hand, free programs like groovyPost’s favorite Microsoft Security Essentials are just as effective, light on system resources and free....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 325 words · Edward Reinsfelder

Real Housewives Gretchen Rossi Had Postpartum Depression

The Real Housewives’ of Orange County’s Gretchen Rossi revealed that she had postpartum depression and didn’t connect with her daughter. The mother gave birth to her first daughter earlier this year and has opened up about her daily struggle. Rossi starred on The Real Housewives of Orange County from season 4 to season 8. When she made her debut on the show, she was going through the grieving process after learning her fiancé was dying from Leukemia....

January 10, 2022 · 3 min · 539 words · Dolores Frisco

Red Hat Linux Is Coming To Your Vette And Caddy Escalade

It will do this using a subset of RHEL 9 to power Ultifi, GM’s end-to-end software platform. The goal is to eventually make a smart car that incorporates all the abilities of your smartphone and more. Like Tesla, Ultifi-powered GM cars will frequently update their software-defined features online. If that sounds odd to you, well, say hello to the 2020s. As Chris Wright, Red Hat’s CTO, said at Red Hat Summit, “It was just over a decade ago that Marc Andreessen pointed out that software was eating our business....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 293 words · Crystal Martin

Refurbished Apple Macbook Pro Laptops From 899 Free Shipping

From the Toys section: The Apple Store offers price drops on select factory-refurbished unibody MacBook Pro notebooks in its Special Deals section, with prices starting at $899. It’s among the best selections we’ve seen from Apple in several weeks, and combined with free shipping, most systems at lowest-we’ve-seen prices. Sales tax is added where applicable. All come with a 1-year Apple warranty, the same as new Macs. Items are removed from Apple’s site when they sell out....

January 10, 2022 · 1 min · 191 words · Bryce Frye

Reliance Jio Extends Free Service Till March 2017 With Jio Happy New Year Offer

Jio Happy New Year Offer Under the new Jio Happy New Year Offer, all the new and existing Jio subscribers will be entitled to special benefits which shall comprise of Jio’s Data, Voice, Video and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content, absolutely free, up to 31 March 2017. The benefits will be available to all subscribers signing up for Jio services up to 3 March 2017. The existing Jio Welcome Offer (“JWO’) users will continue to enjoy the unlimited benefits under JWO up to 31 December 2016, following which they would be automatically signed-up for the JNO as well....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 354 words · Antonio Cortez

Renders Imagine What Ar Powered Apple Glasses Could Look Like Gallery

Several reports have indicated that Apple is working on a pair of augmented reality glasses, potentially slated for a release sometime in the next two years. While little is known about the glasses, iDrop News today has published a set of renders that imagine what “Apple Glasses” could look like… The frame of these imaginary Apple Glasses is made out of a “high-quality metal,” while there’s a notch along the top that houses “cameras, sensors, and wireless antennas....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 334 words · Kathryn Mccreight

Report Apple Talking With Supply Chain To Investigate Moving 30 Of Production Out Of China

The US/Chinese trade war has sent ripples of concern throughout big corporations. Apple has relied almost exclusively on Chinese manufacturing and assembly for its product lines for many years, and has been particularly exposed to the recent rounds of tariffs on Chinese exports. Nikkei reports that Apple is talking with suppliers and is in early stages of a ‘fundamental restructuring’ of its supply chain. Apple has reportedly asked suppliers to price out the cost of moving 15-30% of production out of China....

January 10, 2022 · 2 min · 220 words · Elizabeth Huson

Ranked 10 Supernatural Monsters From Least Scary To The Scariest

Saving people. Hunting things. The family business, that’s what Sam and Dean Winchester are known for. If you’re a fan of Supernatural (and, probably, even if you’re not) you know that line by heart. Over the past 14 seasons, the Winchester brothers have faced all manner of menacing paranormal beings, from cryptids to mythological deities to all of those other spooky things that go bump in the night. Every monster Sam and Dean face is scary in its own way, but some monsters are more frightening than others....

January 9, 2022 · 7 min · 1420 words · Vernon Mahr